"Dans la main d'un magicien" (meaning "In the Hand of a Magic Man") is

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

's first

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from the movie soundtrack '' Opération beurre de pinottes''. It was released in 1985 in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada. Dion recorded also an English version of this song called "Listen to the Magic Man" and did her first real music video for it (1985). "Listen to the Magic Man" is also notable for being Dion's first English-language song recorded in the studio.

Background

''The Peanut Butter Solution / Opération beurre de pinottes'' soundtrack album includes both versions as well as two other Dion recordings: "

La ballade de Michel "La ballade de Michel" (meaning "Michael's Ballad") is Celine Dion's second single from the movie soundtrack '' Opération beurre de pinottes''. It was released in 1985 in Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Qué ...

" and its English-language counterpart "Michael's Song". Neither the French or English version of the song were included on any of Dion's albums. The track was made officially available on a CD for the first time in September 2006. It was included on a special bonus disc bundled with Volume 1 of the '' Contes pour tous'' DVD box set, only available through Imavision's web site. In November 2014, "Dans la main d'un magicien" and "Listen to the Magic Man" were released digitally around the world.

Track listings and formats

*Canadian 7" single #"Dans la main d'un magicien" – 3:20 #"CUE 17 à instrumental" (Instrumental) – 2:09 *Canadian 7" single #"Listen to the Magic Man" – 3:20 #" Michael's Song" – 3:00

References

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